Shirt-collar.



0. RYAN.

SHIRT COLLAR.

nrmoumn FILED r23. 24. 1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

MZncSSeS- CHARLES RYAN,

OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

SHIRT-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed February 24, 1908. Serial No. 417,417.

To all whom it may concrn:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES RYAN, a subject of the King of Great Britainand Ireland, residing at 35 Castlereagh street, Sydney, in the State ofNew South Wales, in the Commonwealth of Australia, teacher of typewriting, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShirt-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby a necktiemay be held in its proper position at the back of a detachable shirtcollar more efiectively and with greater comfort to the wearer than ispossible with the existing arrangements.

To achieve the above purpose I substitute for the back stud-hole in thecollar a deep incision preferably the shape of an inverted V over whichis fastened a light tab carrying a stud-hole in the position hereinafterdescribed.

I am aware that there is at present in general use a tab attached to theback of the collar for the purpose of keeping the tie in its place butas this overlies the collar, the tie and the top of the collar-stud,either its lower end is forced out and up by the tie, thus rendering ituseless, or else the three thicknesses of material (collar, tab and tie)form an appreciable lump, which coming into contact with the coatcollar, the stud is pressed against the back of the neck in such a wayas to cause serious discomfort.

To enable the invention to be more clearly understood, reference willnow be made to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents anordinary single collar with my attachment in position over the tie. Fig.2 is a vertical section showing collar, tie, tab and stud.

1 is the body of the collar.

2 is my tab attachment secured at its upper end to the body of thecollar and provided with a stud or button hole 3 just above the line ofthe lower edge of the collar as shown.

The exact position of this stud-hole is essential as a somewhat similartab with the stud-hole below the line of the lower edge of the collar,has proved a failure on account of the collar being enabled to ride onthe top of the collar-band of the shirt and to cause discomfort to thewearer.

The incision 6 in the back of the collar is indicated by the dottedlines.

4 is the tie.

5 is the collar stud.

By means of this simple construction the formation of the lump, beforereferred to, at the back of the collar is obviated as between theoollar-band of the shirt and the collar of the wearers coat thereintervene only the tie and the tab, while neither the tie nor the tabbears against the top of the stud.

There is still another advantage in this construction, namely, theobviation of the use of a back-stud (to which many persons have a strongobjection) as the tab, being made of much lighter material than thecollar, an ordinary shirt button could be used which is not possiblewhere same would have to be forced through the thick, stiff material ofa starched collar.

What I claim as my invention is A shirt collar having a narrow incisionslightly wider than the usual collar fastening means centrally arrangedin the back thereof from the lower edge, and a narrow tab firmly securedcentrally at the back and rear face of said collar intermediate of theheight thereof and extending downwardly over said incision and having abutton hole arranged therein intermediate of its length and above thelower edge of said collar, said button hole being intermediate of thedepth of said incision.

Signed at Sydney, New South Wales, this 24th day of December 1907.

CHARLES RYAN.

Witnesses:

WALTER SIoMoNr, WILLIAM NEWTON.

